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Belgian television reports said that five people had been killed at the creche. Government officials would only confirm the deaths of at least one child and one adult.

Such an violent attack is rare in Belgium. Although the country has been plagued by notorious child abuse cases, it has escaped the shooting or stabbing attacks at schools witnessed in other European countries.

The shocking attack in Belgium came only hours after a man and a woman were killed in a shooting in a car park outside a school in Norway.

The incident, in the northern Norwegian town of Tromsoe, was witnessed by several children, according to local reports.

The national broadcaster NRK reported that the woman who was killed was a trainee teacher, although there was no official confirmation from police.